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'El Norte'
The Boston Globe's Ideas section (via Commonwealth Magazine) maps out the "10 regions of U.S. politics" and puts L.A. in a narrow, brown sliver that comprises the SoCal coast and the border with Mexico down through Texas, plus Denver and Miami. The mapmakers argue that any presidential hopeful must win at least five regions to take the election.
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I suppose it was about time someone took another look at Joel Garreau...
ie, 1981's The Nine Nations of North America, New York: Avon.
The link for the Commonwealth article, which is very interesting reading:
http://www.massinc.org/Commonwealth/new_map_exclusive/beyond_red_blue.html
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Posted by: Brad Smith at January 20, 2004 01:39 AM